Windows 2000 Terms

ACE - Access Control Entry - Part of an ACL which specifies a users access to specific objects.

ActiveX - "A Microsoft technology that enables different programs to share information. ActiveX extends Microsoft Windows-based architecture to include Internet and corporate intranet features and capabilities. Developers use it to build user interactivity into programs and World Wide Web pages."

ACL - Access Control List is a database of permissions for an object or file which determines who can access an object and how much access is allowed.

ACM - Audio Compression Manager.

AD - Active Directory

API - Application programming interface

APM - Advanced Power Management for mobile computers.

ASF - Advanced Streaming Format - "A data format for streaming audio and video content, images, and script commands in packets over a network. ASF content can be an .asf file or a live stream generated by Windows Media Encoder. ASF content that is in the process of being delivered over a network is called an ASF stream." A ".asf" file is an ASF formatted file.

DDNS- Dynamic Domain Name Service allows for Dynamic updates to DNS information.

DFS - Distributed file system allows administrators to make shares on several different servers appear to be on one share on one server..

DN - Distinguished Name is a RDN with the location of the object in Active Directory.

DNS - Domain Name Ssystem is a service and database used to convert between human readable names and IP addresses of computers.

Domain - A domain is used to manage a large group of computers. It is used to control resource access for users. The term domain as used with Windows systems is not the same as an internet domain as used with DNS.

Domain tree - A hierarchial group of one or more domains with one root domain

DOS - Disk Operating System is the original system used when IBM variety personal computers were introduced around 1980.

DVD - Digital Video Disks.

Explicit trust - A trust that an administrator creates.

EFS - Encrypting File System supports file encryption.

FAT32 filesystem - A file allocation table operating system that supports larger disk partition size than older FAT filesystems. It uses 32 bits to point to clusters rather than 16 or 24 bits.

Forest - The set of all domains in an organization's network.

FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name used on the internet such as "myserver.myorganization.org". The maximum length is 63 characters.

FRS - File replication service (FRS) is used to replicate the SYSVOL share.

FSMO - Flexible Single Master Operations are operations that are done on a domain which can only be done on a single controller.

GCS - Global catalog server.

Global Catalog - A searchable master index with data about all objects in a forest. When the first domain controller in the forest is established, a default catalog is created automatically on that controller.

GPO - Group policy object.

GUID - Globally Unique Identifier which is a 128 bit number.

HAL - Hardware abstraction layer.

HCL - Hardware Compatibility List is a list of hardware that is compatible with Windows NT and Windows 2000.

HPFS - High Performance File System used with older Windows NT and OS/2 operating systems.

IE - Internet Explorer is the web browser from Microsoft.

IIS - Internet Information Server.

Intransitive trust - A one way trust that does not extend beyond two domains.

IPP - Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) is used to support printing from Internet Explorer across the internet.

OSPF - Open shortest path first is a dynamic routing protocol that takes less bandwidth than RIP.

Parent domain - Domain above another in a domain tree.

PDA - Personal digital assistant.

PDC - Primary Domain Controller required for a Windows NT domain to operate. The PDC (primary domain controller) is used to store and administer the master SAM database.

PKI - Public Key Infrastructure applications are applications that use security keys to authenticate users. These applications may be used for purposes of getting e-mail, generating user signatures, and logging onto networks.

POSIX

PXE - Preboot eXecution Environment.

RADIUS - Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

RDN - Relative Distinguished Name is assigned by an administrator to an object.